Bonnaroo Cancels 2027 Edition to Let the Farm Recover

Bonnaroo will not return in 2027. Organizers confirmed the Tennessee festival is taking a hiatus to let its site recover from repeated storm damage, a decision that follows two consecutive years of weather disruptions.

In a statement, the festival pointed to infrastructure work completed before the 2026 edition—improved drainage, 4.5 miles of new roadways, and 135 acres of new grass—as evidence of investment in the property known as the Farm. But the strain of back-to-back storm years, including heavy rain on the final Sunday this year, forced a different calculation. “The Farm, particularly the main venue, needs a break to rest and recover,” the statement read.

The 2026 festival, headlined by Noah Kahan, Skrillex, and The Strokes, was cut short due to weather. In 2025, Bonnaroo was canceled after a single day. The event also missed 2020 because of COVID-19 and 2021 because of severe flooding. After the 2025 cancellation, organizers surveyed fans about everything from dates and location to musical direction, signaling that larger questions about the festival’s future were already in play.

Bonnaroo first took place in 2002. The 2027 hiatus marks only the latest interruption in its history, but the first framed explicitly as a recovery year for the site rather than an external force.